With the sector now largely moving into the operations and maintenance phase – in addition to construction – even more space for employment is being created and it is a win-win-win situation, with the skilled workforce, recruiters and the industry players all benefiting from the industry’s progress.
Some 1,500 offshore wind turbines have come out of their warranty and, as the offshore wind farm developers/ owners are now responsible for keeping them up and running, this is a whole new era for the industry, according to Bert van Dijk, Business Advisor Offshore Wind from Van Dijk E-Projects.
Atlantis Resources has informed that its bond offer has achieved the minimum subscription amount of £2 million in the first week since its launch.
Danish wave energy developer Wavepiston is considering moving its activities to another country due to lack of support from the Danish government for the development of wave energy sector.
Statoil has started production on the Gina Krog oil and gas field in the North Sea on Friday. Statoil and the partners invest a total of around NOK 31 billion in the development of the Gina Krog field. “We are proud to have delivered Gina Krog with a good HSE record and in line with […]
DONG Energy has granted CWind a two-year extension to its existing three-year crew transfer vessel contract at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
DONG Energy has granted CWind a two-year extension to its existing three-year crew transfer vessel contract at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
Ailes Marines has hired Fugro to undertake a complete geotechnical campaign at the Saint-Brieuc Bay wind power project, located off the Brittany coast, France. The project follows the conclusions of the unexploded ordnance (UXO) campaign by Fugro. According to Ailes Marines email statement, the geot
Fred. Olsen has completed a one-year demonstration of its BOLT Lifesaver wave energy device off the coast off Hawaii in the USA.
The report by National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) found that the turnover generated by Irish marine renewable energy sector in 2016 was €59 million, representing an increase in activity of 119% between 2014 and 2016.
Saipem has been awarded a new E&C offshore contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) activities and trunklines & installation ( T&I) works in Saudi Arabia, under the long-term agreement in force, renewed in 2015 until 2021. The scope of work includes
Jan de Nul has completed the cable repair job between Westman Island and the main land of Iceland in less than one month, the company informed through social media. The company was hired to conduct the repair by the Icelandic electrical transmission company Landsnet. The cable repair was undertaken
Statoil and partners Eni and Petoro have made an oil discovery in the Kayak well in the Johan Castberg licence, in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. Totaling between 25 and 50 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents, the discovery may provide valuable additional volumes for the Johan Castberg
Subsea cabling and pipeline engineering specialist, Primo Marine, has provided marine consultancy services including project management and offshore client representation relating to the subsea cable repair operations of the IFA2000 interconnector. The IFA2000 interconnector consists of eight high v
